1) For some reason I seem to enjoy watching women's college softball on ESPN. It is not like they are dressed scantily like gymnasts but I played a lot of modified fast pitch softball when I was younger, Watching last night's game between Arizona and UCLA brought back memories. Bad memories. Arizona had UCLA by the throat with two out in the top of the seventh when a blunder by the outfielders led to UCLA evening the score and then winning in extra innings. It brought back bad memories when I pitched for some notoriously bad fielding teams. We would get two quick outs and then clank, an error and before you know it the other team has six runs up on the board. Your team's pitching is only as good as its fielding. I was not a bad pitcher but in a modified fast pitch league the ball is VERY hittable and I needed good fielding. On most of the teams I played for whenever the ball was hit it was an adventure but I did get to pitch for a great fielding team for about six years. We ended up winning three championships until everyone went their separate ways and we disbanded. It is too bad as we had a lot of fun.
2) Well, Memorial day Sunday was one for the books on the golf course. I finally played a round like my old self. A good consistent round for a score of 87 ( I had a +9 in the modified D'Aprile scoring system) and I still left about 5 strokes out on the course because of stupidity. Still your King won for the second time this year. I felt bad for the poor sap in the group ahead of us that finished +8 and was counting his cash until I showed up. I made sixty dollars. It paid for a round of drinks and it filled up my gas tank and then it was gone. Oh well. I was going to golf this past Sunday but when I woke up and looked out the window I saw an old man in a wooden boat in the stream next to my house loading up animals by the twos. I decided it was a touch too wet to play and went back to sleep. It figures since I was finally rounding into form that mother nature would stick it to me.
3) How about that 'great' call by umpire Jim Joyce the other night boning that poor pitcher from Detroit of his perfect game. Well, I have issued a Royal Order declaring that the game is to be recorded as perfect and reversing the umps call. At least Galarraga has a perfect game per Moronica. The ump gets points for his admission of his botch and Galarraga gets points for his demeanor after the call. The only loser is that slug Bud Selig for not doing the right thing and reversing the call. He is a jerk.
4) The Queen is almost totally moved out. Just a couple of big ticket items and that is it. She is the Burger King's problem now. I cannot wait until it is over. I will chill a bottle of champagne and open it when the house is completely empty of all of her crap. And I do mean ALL of her crap. I hope she feels that she made the right choice by fooling around on your King and then leaving him but hey, I am looking forward to not seeing the finances going into the toilet because of her bad management. I have learned a valuable lesson. Never trust a woman with the checkbook!!! PS: The house has never been cleaner.
5) The World Cup is almost upon us and your King will be watching as many games as he can. Hopefully everything will go smoothly for the games down in South Africa and with a bit of luck the USA will move on. What a shock it would be to the world if we could win the bloody thing. If we can get into the knockout round anything can happen. Go USA!!
6) Your King is still trying to sell the present site of Moronica but since the tax break ended on April 30th I have only had one person be shown the kingdom by the realtor. Looks like I will have to batten down the hatches for the long haul. It will be a lot of extra work and stretching of the dollar but I am looking forward to it. Eventually I may have to sell it to satisfy the Queen but who knows....There could always be a rogue meteor....LOL
Your King wishes you a good night from Moronica....before I get myself in trouble.
